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Summary

The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, Second Edition continues to be a balanced, engaging, and up-to-date introduction to the Hebrew scriptures, which distills the best of current scholarship. Employing the narrative chronology of the Bible itselfand the history of the ancient Near East as a framework, author Michael D. Coogan covers all the books of the Hebrew Bible, along with the deuterocanonical books included in the Bible used by many Christians. He treats every book of the canon with careful attention to its historical context, itsparticular genre, and its distinctive features. Working in detail with ancient Near Eastern sources and archaeological data, Coogan works from a primarily historical and critical methodology but also introduces readers to literary analysis and current interpretive strategies. For the new edition, rather than beginning right away with a discussion of the specific books of the Old Testament, the author has rearranged the first several chapters so that the book now begins with an introduction to the canon, and the geographical and historical contexts in which the books ofthe Bible were written. He has also thoroughly edited the book for style and content, updated both the text and the bibliographies, and replaced several illustrations with clearer images. The Old Testament, Second Edition is enhanced with a glossary, timelines, photos, illustrations, maps, and a four-color insert on Jerusalem in biblical times. Strategically placed boxes address issues that often puzzle readers of the Bible, provide models of interpretation of particular texts, anddiscuss their significance for Judaism and Christianity. Each chapter includes key terms, questions for review and discussion, and suggestions for further reading. The accompanying Instructor's Manual and Testbank and Companion Website will be updated to reflect changes made to the new edition. The manual includes chapter summaries, pedagogical suggestions, suggested reading, weblinks, essay and objective questions, and lecture outlines in PowerPoint format.Student resources on the Companion Website include chapter summaries, self-quizzes, suggested reading and weblinks; Instructors have access to the PowerPoints on the website as well. More visual material, including maps, timelines, and even photos will be added to the Instructor's Manual on CD andthe Companion Website.

Table of Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Credits

Introductory

What is the Old Testament?

Chapter and Verse

The Jewish Canon

The Christian Canons

The Canons of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

A Look Back and Ahead

The Promised Land: Geography, History, and Importance

Geography

History

Timeline

Importance

The Land of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition

A Look Back and Ahead

Cosmic Origins

Creations. Genesis 1-3

The Book of Genesis

Genesis 1 and the Sabbath

Genesis and Science

The Sabbath in Jewish and Christian Tradition

The Second Account of Creation

Myth and the Bible

The Garden of Eden

"God" and "the LORD (God)"

A Look Back and Ahead

Adam and Eve in Jewish and Christian Tradition

The Formation of the Pentateuch

The Traditional View

The Development of Modern Interpretation

A Summary of the Documentary Hypothesis

The Formation of the Pentateuch

Challenges to the Documentary Hypothesis

Other Strategies for Interpreting the Pentateuch

A Look Back and Ahead

Primeval History. Genesis 4-11

J (the Yahwist Source)

Cain and Abel

Noah's Drunkenness

The Sons of God

The Tower of Babel

P (the Priestly Source)

The Table of Nations

Enoch

The Flood

A Look Back and Ahead

National Origins

The Ancestors of Israel. Genesis 12-50

The Nature of the Narratives

Source Criticism

Abram and Abraham, Sarai and Sarah

The Binding of Isaac

Form Criticism

Circumcision

Ancient Near Eastern Parallels

The Ugaritic Texts

The Joseph Narrative

The Ancestors of Israel

Abraham, Father of Believers

History and the Ancestors of Israel

The Religion of the Ancestors

A Look Back and Ahead

Escape from Egypt. Exodus 1-5

The Book of Exodus

Exodus 1-15

Hebrew and Hebrews

Legends of Rescue

The Divine Name Yahweh

The Hardening of the Pharaoh's Heart

The Development of the Passover Celebration

The Exodus and History

The Exodus and the History of Religions

A Look Back and Ahead

From Egypt to Sinai. Exodus 16-24

Itineraries

Incidents on the Journey

Manna

At Sinai

The Location of Sinai

Covenant

Excerpts From a Hittite Suzerainty Treaty

The Ten Commandments

The Status and Numbering of the Ten Commandments

The Ratification of the Covenant

A Look Back and Ahead

Law and Ritual Exodus. 20.22-23.33 and 25-40

Law in the Ancient Near East

Excerpt from the Code of Hammurapi

The Covenant Code

"An Eye for an Eye"

The Ark, the Tabernacle, and the Priestly Vestments an Ordination

The Golden Calf

"Forty Days and Forty Nights"

The Ritual Decalogue

An Ancient Hebrew Agricultural Calendar

Sequel

A Look Back and Ahead

Ritual and Holiness. Leviticus

The Book of Leviticus

Sacrifices (Lev 1-7)

The Consecration Ceremonies and Their Aftermath (Lev 8-10)

Purity and Impurity (Lev 11-15)

The Day of Atonement (Lev 16)

The Holiness Code (Lev 17-26)

Anointing

Capital Punishment

Women in Israelite Ritual and Law

The Ethics of Leviticus

A Look Back and Ahead

In the Wilderness. Numbers

The Book of Numbers

Preparations for the Journey

Law, Ritual, and Purity

The Chronology and Geography of the Wanderings

Rebellions in the Wilderness

The Rebellions of the Israelites in Christian and Muslim Scriptures

Miriam

The Amalekites

Opposition on the Journey

Excerpt From the Deir Alla Texts

Preparations for the Entry Into the Land

A Look Back and Ahead

The End of the Journey to the Promised Land. Deuteronomy

The Book of Deuteronomy

The Shema

The Origins of Deuteronomy

Parallel Curses in the Treaties of Esarhaddon and in Deuteronomy

The Deuteronomic School

The Character and Personality of Moses

The Meanings of "Torah"

A Look Back and Ahead

Joshua and the Conquest of the Land of Canaan. Joshua

The Deuteronomistic History

The Book of Joshua

Parallels Between Deuteronomy 27 and Joshua 8

Shechem in Biblical Tradition

Circumcision a Second Time?

A Look Back and Ahead

The Emergence of Israel in the Land of Canaan. Judges and Ruth

The Book of Judges

The Judges of Israel in the Book of Judges

The Moabites and the Ammonites

The Song of Deborah

The Philistines

History and the Israelite Confederation

The Book of Ruth

A Look Back and Ahead

Kings And Prophets

The Establishment of the Monarchy. 1 Samuel

The Book(s) of Samuel

Samuel

Samuel in Other Traditions

Positive Assessments of Saul

A Look Back and Ahead

The Reign of David. 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-2, and Psalm 132

Samuel

David's Compositions

Jerusalem

A Look Back and Ahead

Psalm 132

The Reign of Solomon. 1 Kings 1-11 and Psalm 89

The Book(s) of Kings

Kings 1-11

Solomon in Later Tradition

The Royal Psalms

The Ideology of the Davidic Monarchy

The Psalms of Zion

The Royal Ideology in Later Traditions

A Look Back and Ahead

The Divided Kingdoms of Israel and Judah From the Late Tenth to the Early Eighth Centuries BCE. 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14

History

Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah

Late Tenth to Mid-eighth Centuries BCE

Institutions and Society

Prophets and Prophecy

Prophets in Later Traditions

The Legends of Elijah and Elisha

Elijah in Later Tradition

A Look Back and Ahead

The Northern Kingdom of Israel in the Eighth Century BCE. 2 Kings 14-17, Amos, and Hosea

History

Chronology of the Eighth Century BCE

Prophetic Books and "Classical" Prophecy

The Book of Amos

The Day of the Lord

The Book of Hosea

Prophetic Attacks on Rituals

Marriage in Ancient Israel

God as Parent: Father or Mother?

A Look Back and Ahead

The Kingdom of Judah in the Eighth and Early Seventh Centuries BCE. 2 Kings 15-20, 2 Chronicles 29-32, Isaiah 1-39, and Micah

History

Chronology of the Eighth and Seventh Centuries BCE

The Book of Isaiah

Isaiah in Later Tradition

The Siege of Jerusalem in 734 BCE

The Identification of Immanuel

Sennacherib's Third Campaign (701 BCE) According to the Assyrian Annals

The Assyrian Invasion of Judah in 701 BCE

Hezekiah's Tunnel

The Book of Micah

The King From Bethlehem

A Look Back and Ahead

Judah in the Seventh Century BCE: The End of Assyrian Domination. 2 Kings 21-23, 2 Chronicles 33-35, Zephaniah, Nahum, and the Prayer of Manasseh